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Parallelism issue, please help~
ROWE aims to judge performance on output instead of hours
This is a sentence i saw on BusinessWeek, are "on output" and "hours" considered parallel?
- by sinmk2
Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism issue, please help~
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OG 12th, #104, about Parallelism
With answer choice E, the sentence goes like: El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of the sea surface off Peru, is a phenomenon where ocean and atmosphere changes are combining and allow the warm water accumulating in the western Pacific to flow back to the east. Although I understand why this opt...
- by sinmk2
Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12th, #104, about Parallelism
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In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that ARE the organism's attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant What ARE the organism's attempt? "the production" or "enzymes"? If I am correct, "prod...
- by sinmk2
Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:54 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12th, #24, please help~
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OG 12th, #24, please help~
In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that ARE the organism's attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant What ARE the organism's attempt? "the production" or "enzymes"? If I am correct, "produ...
- by sinmk2
Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12th, #24, please help~
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ELLIPSIS is the omission of words whose presence is understood. The OA implies the following: THE ECONOMY MIGHT NOT BE AS WEAK as some analysts previously thought [THAT THE ECONOMY WOULD BE WEAK] . The words in bracket are omitted, but their presence is understood. A surge in new home sales and a d...
- by sinmk2
Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:59 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12th, #13, please help~
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OG 12th, #13, please help~
A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought . (A) claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought (B) claims suggests that the economy might not be so wea...
- by sinmk2
Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 12th, #13, please help~
- Replies: 7
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